Winter Storm Warning for Jeffco Below 6,000' - Lakewood, Golden, Arvada

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
933 PM MST MON DEC 14 2015

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT
PLAINS OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO BY TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL
DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND NORTHEAST PLAINS
OF COLORADO ON TUESDAY AS GUSTY NORTH WINDS DEVELOP.


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BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT
933 PM MST MON DEC 14 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM MST
TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE AROUND 2 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON TUESDAY.
THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOWFALL WILL START TO DECREASE LATE
TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH COMBINED WITH
HEAVY SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO INDER ONE HALF MILE AT
TIMES.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.